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the mistake npr made was reprehensible. he a he had to tell his two young daughters giffords was dead and then that she wasn't. >>> take our pain and confusion, he says, and multiply by 100 or so for the giffords family. as giffords family made clear to diane sawyer about the reports that giffords had die. >> my mother started -- she almost screamed. and -- i just -- walked into the bathroom and -- you know, broke down. >> npr was not alone in this error. one of the few outlets to apologize. hats off to one of the staffers for not letting it slide. by the way, two associated press reporters got a $500 beat of the week award from the wire services managing editor mike areskas because they didn't go with the story giffords was died. here is what i don't like. you know all too well what the coverage looks like when a young, attractive middle-class white woman goes missing. we start with natalee holloway and other cases. you may not know that a straight-a high school student from north carolina went missing in baltimore three d
the mistake npr made was reprehensible. he a he had to tell his two young daughters giffords was dead and then that she wasn't. >>> take our pain and confusion, he says, and multiply by 100 or so for the giffords family. as giffords family made clear to diane sawyer about the reports that giffords had die. >> my mother started -- she almost screamed. and -- i just -- walked into the bathroom and -- you know, broke down. >> npr was not alone in this error. one of the few...
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npr, watch your back. and sure enough, o'keefe guys targeted npr next. this final they got creative and instead of going with a pitcher and prostitute. they went dressed as muslims. that's even scarier. they tried to get an npr senior executive to accept a $5 million donation. he did not accept. npr turn down the money, but he did get caught on tape saying the tea party is a racist and because of that, he was forced to resign immediately. the head of npr also resigned. was that enough for the republican the? of course not. and they didn't care about o'keefe's questionable past. they got the exact hatchet man they wanted on the exact target they wanted. the gop didn't focus on the tea party insults on the tape. instead they grabbed on to him offering his opinion that they would be better off without federal funding. that was music to their ears and the gop leaders have always dreamed of cutting npr's funding. so house majority leader eric cantor was practically giddy talking about this today. >> the statement was npr realizes they don't need taxpayer fund
npr, watch your back. and sure enough, o'keefe guys targeted npr next. this final they got creative and instead of going with a pitcher and prostitute. they went dressed as muslims. that's even scarier. they tried to get an npr senior executive to accept a $5 million donation. he did not accept. npr turn down the money, but he did get caught on tape saying the tea party is a racist and because of that, he was forced to resign immediately. the head of npr also resigned. was that enough for the...
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funding for npr has been under increased scrutiny since a videotape showing a fund-raising executive calling the tea party activists racists. he also questioned whether npr needed the federal funds. >> the congressman expects the legislation will pass the gop controlled house easily. >> prince will jam in new zealand this morning. he called the damage at christ church unbelievable. emergency workers gave him a briefing on recovery efforts. he will also visit on australia. he is stepping up his public role ahead of his marriage to kate middleton on april 29. >> still ahead at 6:30. mourning a surfing star. massive waves that have taken another life at mavericks. >> i'm janelle wang in san francisco, potential jurors for barry bonds' upcoming perjury trial filled out a questionnaire have you been to a giants game? do you read espn magazine? other questions i'll tell you after the break. >> the airports across the country,3q odors... my busy family has them. so it's a good thing our new air wick odor detect senses thousands of odors. and automatically releases a burst of freshness... th
funding for npr has been under increased scrutiny since a videotape showing a fund-raising executive calling the tea party activists racists. he also questioned whether npr needed the federal funds. >> the congressman expects the legislation will pass the gop controlled house easily. >> prince will jam in new zealand this morning. he called the damage at christ church unbelievable. emergency workers gave him a briefing on recovery efforts. he will also visit on australia. he is...
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this is from npr. house minority leader nancy pelosi -- a differen a group of house leaders will get together and look at this. what do you think may come out of that? because john boehner says he is moving forward does not guarantee an outcome. guest: the voters will call around the office. the speaker does not go to a group to make a decision about what he is going to do. be a 3-2ructured to be3 a- vote. we can guess what the outcome will be. guest: all three members of the republican side said they would call for intervention, making it clear that they have at least three votes on that panel. host: speaker john boehner says he will move forward. guest: perhaps the democrats will make angry statement, but i do not think it will be much of a process. guest: once this gets underway, there are at least nine cases that we have been made aware of in the justice department -- a role in this. it could mean that the house spent a great deal of taxpayer dollars defending this issue. [unintelligible] they coul
this is from npr. house minority leader nancy pelosi -- a differen a group of house leaders will get together and look at this. what do you think may come out of that? because john boehner says he is moving forward does not guarantee an outcome. guest: the voters will call around the office. the speaker does not go to a group to make a decision about what he is going to do. be a 3-2ructured to be3 a- vote. we can guess what the outcome will be. guest: all three members of the republican side...
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he will join us in a moment to talk about his new book on npr. ladies are in washington this evening. were you offended by the "new york times" highlighting the word christian in its headline? mary katharine. >> yeah. look. i think it's a problem. first of all i'm a political animal but i try very hard in these instances not to immediately jump on a hobby horse and figure out where i can ride it immediately in the aftermath of a strategy like this. i think a lot of other people would do good to do that as well. the "new york times" many liberal activists, certainly desperately want an analog to extremist islam pat themselves on the back for being equal and making this equivalence. you know what? a lot of times the term use in order guy and if you read his writings it's certainly not mainstream fundamentalism. he talks about payingism as with many crazy people it goes down a rabbit hole. they have been referring to him as christian fundamentalists referring to the dug garrs in arkansas christian fundamentalists. is it having lots of children that
he will join us in a moment to talk about his new book on npr. ladies are in washington this evening. were you offended by the "new york times" highlighting the word christian in its headline? mary katharine. >> yeah. look. i think it's a problem. first of all i'm a political animal but i try very hard in these instances not to immediately jump on a hobby horse and figure out where i can ride it immediately in the aftermath of a strategy like this. i think a lot of other people...
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cokie is a long-time employee of npr. this was not a good week for npr. >> to put it mildly. >> james o'keefe did a sting operation and caught the now former director saying disparaging things. he's gone. the ceo, vivian schiller is gone. toward the end of this week, this video was released. it shows betsy lilley talking to this fictitious donor said he was working with a group affiliated with the muslim brotherhood. and wanted to give a $5 million gift. >> it sounded like you're saying that npr would be able to shield us from an audit. is that the case? >> i think that is the case. i can check. >> you've been involved in this npr for 30 years. but why should we care? >> i should say, that they did then reject that money, and sent internal e-mails saying this is totally unacceptable. we have to have tax forms, all of that. that should be stated. but, look, we should care because 34 million people listen every week and want to get the news that you get there, that you can't get any place else. npr has 17 foreign bureaus. y
cokie is a long-time employee of npr. this was not a good week for npr. >> to put it mildly. >> james o'keefe did a sting operation and caught the now former director saying disparaging things. he's gone. the ceo, vivian schiller is gone. toward the end of this week, this video was released. it shows betsy lilley talking to this fictitious donor said he was working with a group affiliated with the muslim brotherhood. and wanted to give a $5 million gift. >> it sounded like...
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classic lone gunman was apolitical in his own nuttiness and i'm sure that dubnick will get a gig at npr or some other. >> jon: and some people think that's some motivated by right wing ideology shooter? >> that's the unfortunate assessment in the early coverage, it was less than two hours after the incident that paul krugman posted the first posting on the new york times website saying, oh, well, you know, this is-- we don't know yet, but it's probably political and a lot of the networkses spent time undoing the facts reported, especially, for example, npr, which is usually very cautious, but which reported that representatives-- they had to walk it back and there's such a rush to judgment, absent facts, not a great moment. >> jon: by the time the ap got the spelling of loughner's name right it was citing sarah palin and the so-called ire of the right. >> let's give ap credit they withheld any report that representative giffords' was deceased because they had very good reporters there who had good, interesting-- new that their sources had not learned that firsthand. i think when you tal
classic lone gunman was apolitical in his own nuttiness and i'm sure that dubnick will get a gig at npr or some other. >> jon: and some people think that's some motivated by right wing ideology shooter? >> that's the unfortunate assessment in the early coverage, it was less than two hours after the incident that paul krugman posted the first posting on the new york times website saying, oh, well, you know, this is-- we don't know yet, but it's probably political and a lot of the...
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npr was a shining light above that. npr was pacifica. they were yelling even louder, these were lies, these were lies. if they take this media away from us, we're doomed to be controlled by the same people who brought us adolf hitler and his gang. host: the u.s. house votes today on whether to end funding for npr. what do you think? caller: taxpayers would be better served if we donated the money to c-span. they come the closest, in my opinion, for being unbiased. people can listen to you all and make up our own minds. host: fond du lac, wisconsin. we do not take taxpayer money here, for the record. caller: i will make the short and sweet. 1 1/2 minutes. unlike other callers, i like to listen to all media. npr is one of the great ones. they have some great entertainment. one thing i recall -- all media back in 1995 -- bill clinton gave china most favored nation status, opening the door to all of our businesses going over there. bush had nothing to do with losing our jobs. i have heard that on npr, fox, all the others. i say give them as
npr was a shining light above that. npr was pacifica. they were yelling even louder, these were lies, these were lies. if they take this media away from us, we're doomed to be controlled by the same people who brought us adolf hitler and his gang. host: the u.s. house votes today on whether to end funding for npr. what do you think? caller: taxpayers would be better served if we donated the money to c-span. they come the closest, in my opinion, for being unbiased. people can listen to you all...
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i will probably and more out reached npr from the bay area. mayor lee: if i'm smiling, it's because we literally were giving some valuable tips. some of the mayors were asking if it would be polite to hug. you can shake the hand and balance a little bit, but you do not -- it is that kind of tips that allow mayors to be more successful, and they wanted to see whether or not we were organizing a bay area tret -- triop. >> -- trip. >> you referred to the huge economic boom that could accompany the america's cup. most of the economic buzz has been on your side of the bay. i'm wondering if there is a role in the america's cup for oakland. >> of course. >> you can jump in if you want. >> i was actually going to head up on that later. however, -- >> you are not going to steal that vote out there on the barge. >> we want to be part of fleet week. we understand that the admiral ship cannot talk in san francisco, so we would like to have him in oakland. there is a lot of regional, cultural activities. the two cities are still linked together. we are rea
i will probably and more out reached npr from the bay area. mayor lee: if i'm smiling, it's because we literally were giving some valuable tips. some of the mayors were asking if it would be polite to hug. you can shake the hand and balance a little bit, but you do not -- it is that kind of tips that allow mayors to be more successful, and they wanted to see whether or not we were organizing a bay area tret -- triop. >> -- trip. >> you referred to the huge economic boom that could...
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now you are at npr. there is a question about that broad background as opposed to the ready of background. first of all, can you talk about your memories of listening to radio growing up, another than listening to npr what do you listen to now? >> i grew up in the 1960's and early 1970's in new york. i mostly listened to am pop music. i came late to npr, because for most of the 1980's, i was living abroad. i can tell you the first time that i really listened and honed in on it. i first target dating my husband, who is here somewhere -- there he is. i just previously move back into the country, and he had npr on, and i was hooked on npr and on him. those two things are linked. >> we hope it stays around if only to keep your marriage -- here is a question. this is news to me, but npr engineers are complain that they're being made obsolete and the strength of the networks and is not what was traditionally. that is not the only question that we got along those lines, but there's a feeling in some quarters th
now you are at npr. there is a question about that broad background as opposed to the ready of background. first of all, can you talk about your memories of listening to radio growing up, another than listening to npr what do you listen to now? >> i grew up in the 1960's and early 1970's in new york. i mostly listened to am pop music. i came late to npr, because for most of the 1980's, i was living abroad. i can tell you the first time that i really listened and honed in on it. i first...
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let's try out this one, a quote from president obama on npr. he said, ronald reagan repeatedly talked about how irresponsible it would be to allow the full faith and credit of the united states to be impaired in any way. what's verdict on that one? >> we rated this one mostly true. we dug into the historical documents and we found reagan did say the u.s. should pay its debts and it should not be in document now, presidents usually support increases to the debt ceiling while congress comp plain it we know that, rated mostly true. >> finally, it one from victoria jackson, she's comedian and tea party supporter. a clause niptd obama care bill, which is now law, gives obama the right to form a private army. what do we make of that? >> this one got the pants on fire. it seemed to be a serious commentary so we took it seriously and checked it. the health care law does expand the public health service, which has a uniformed commission corps, but doctors and nurses, not members of the military no private armies in the health care bill. >> she is a come
let's try out this one, a quote from president obama on npr. he said, ronald reagan repeatedly talked about how irresponsible it would be to allow the full faith and credit of the united states to be impaired in any way. what's verdict on that one? >> we rated this one mostly true. we dug into the historical documents and we found reagan did say the u.s. should pay its debts and it should not be in document now, presidents usually support increases to the debt ceiling while congress comp...
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a couple months ago i was driving, listening to npr and they happen to your show called to me and performance which is a rebroadcast in the episode i heard was aired on vj day, the day we won world war ii in being crosby was the host of the show and all the big stars run it. he got out there and said we just learned we won world war ii, but i guess were not proud. we're just glad we got through it. and burgess meredith got out there and read a passage from the great work corresponded compile a row, won the war because we are brave soldiers, great allies in house material abundance in this country. we didn't win it because were chosen people or anything special. we should just be glad in worthy of the peace. the tone of humility was so striking to me on the day they won world war ii. then i get home and i turn on tv and watching football and the cornerback tackles the receiver after two-yard gain and does this victory dance to himself for his great achievement. it occurred to me i'd just seen greater self puffery after a two-year game and winning world war ii. and i do think this is a change f
a couple months ago i was driving, listening to npr and they happen to your show called to me and performance which is a rebroadcast in the episode i heard was aired on vj day, the day we won world war ii in being crosby was the host of the show and all the big stars run it. he got out there and said we just learned we won world war ii, but i guess were not proud. we're just glad we got through it. and burgess meredith got out there and read a passage from the great work corresponded compile a...
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npr has a real function. it plays more country music than almost anything for the red state folks. >> there you go. >> let's get on with it. >> pat buchanan? >> you have to ask yourself, why is the government funding radio when we have hundreds, if not thousands, of stations, conservative broadcasting, you have sirius satellite. some of my friends on the left have their own programs. if we're going to cut somewhere, i'm talking about bill press, for example. what with he doing funding npr? when i was in reagan's white house we called is radio ven seramos. get rid of the government funding and let them go out on their own. there are excellent programs. they have excellent country music. i listen to it sometimes coming home from church. >>> the secret taping, this is the second time something like this has been in the news, what comes to mind is the prank call. with governor scott walker. and i just -- i'm cringing, although we cover it, we have to, i guess, right? >> you have to. it's a half minute news story.
npr has a real function. it plays more country music than almost anything for the red state folks. >> there you go. >> let's get on with it. >> pat buchanan? >> you have to ask yourself, why is the government funding radio when we have hundreds, if not thousands, of stations, conservative broadcasting, you have sirius satellite. some of my friends on the left have their own programs. if we're going to cut somewhere, i'm talking about bill press, for example. what with he...
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this time the target was npr. he captured an npr fund-raiser making disparaging remarks about republicans and the tea party. >> white middle-america, gun-toting racists. that's scary. they're seriously racist, racist people. >> reporter: this time, this cost the fund-raiser and ceo their jobs. the timing could not be worse. the house voted to stop all funding of public broadcasting, $430 million this year. >> what kind of mission does the corporation for public broadcasting serve in these very tough economic times? >> reporter: npr says it gets only 2% of its budge fret taxpayers. most of the federal money, 71%, goes to local public tv and radio stations. losing that would hurt. >> i think we would survive without the money. would we do as good a job as we do now? >> absolutely not. >> reporter: officials say some stations would go under. also at risk programming like "sesame street." >> we have studies that prove our programs get these children ready for school, ready to learn. >> reporter: with american children
this time the target was npr. he captured an npr fund-raiser making disparaging remarks about republicans and the tea party. >> white middle-america, gun-toting racists. that's scary. they're seriously racist, racist people. >> reporter: this time, this cost the fund-raiser and ceo their jobs. the timing could not be worse. the house voted to stop all funding of public broadcasting, $430 million this year. >> what kind of mission does the corporation for public broadcasting...
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he once told npr, i don't want to abolish government, i want to reduce it to the size where i can drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the bathtub. andrea mitchell, nbc news, washington. >>> up next, the royal wedding dress and the princess who wore it. great britain's new crown jewel. >>> if you were left off the guest list of the royal wedding earlier this year, this could be the next best thing, a chance to check out the dress worn by kate middleton, the royal family's newest, brightest star. >> reporter: her moment of royal glory, kate's official arrival on the global stage. her dress was the other star of the show. today at buckingham palace, crowds waited for hours for a closeup look at a new display opening today. last week the queen and the new duchess got a sneak preview but didn't quite have the planned reaction. >> horrible isn't it? >> reporter: without kate in it, the dress appears ghost-like. still half a million fans are expected. >> she seems very sweet and she's very pretty, and she seems very nice. >> kate's memorabilia will raise millions for the monarchy, turni
he once told npr, i don't want to abolish government, i want to reduce it to the size where i can drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the bathtub. andrea mitchell, nbc news, washington. >>> up next, the royal wedding dress and the princess who wore it. great britain's new crown jewel. >>> if you were left off the guest list of the royal wedding earlier this year, this could be the next best thing, a chance to check out the dress worn by kate middleton, the royal family's...
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he once told npr, i don't want to abolish government, we want to reduce it to the size where he can drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the bathtub. andrea mitchell, nbc news, washington. >> up next, the royal wedding dress and the princess who wore it. great britain's new crown jewel. happened to come across quicken loans online. [ chris ] walked over to the computer... i was able to see all the paperwork. while i was on the phone, i was able to go through the checklist. [ kathy ] they were quick and efficient. quicken loans is definitely engineered to amaze. they were just really there for us. i don't always have time to eat like i should. that's why i like glucerna shakes. they have slowly digestible carbs to help minimize blood sugar spikes, which can help lower a1c. [ male announcer ] glucerna. helping people with diabetes find balance. [ male announcer ] glucerna. when your eyes are smiling... you're smiling. and when they're laughing... you're laughing. be kind to your eyes... with transitions lenses. transitions adapt to changing light so you see your whole day comfortably.
he once told npr, i don't want to abolish government, we want to reduce it to the size where he can drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the bathtub. andrea mitchell, nbc news, washington. >> up next, the royal wedding dress and the princess who wore it. great britain's new crown jewel. happened to come across quicken loans online. [ chris ] walked over to the computer... i was able to see all the paperwork. while i was on the phone, i was able to go through the checklist. [ kathy ]...
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the essence of npr. when i saw acorn busting down the doors of foreclosed homes illegally, that needs to be exposed. there is a media willingness to cover up for that. how'd you get around the media? how'd you get the truth out there despite these? as time goes on you will see as investigate a plethora, why- ranging spectrum -- wide- ranging spectrum of non- conservative, not liberal organizations? host: on what topics, specifically? guest: i am concerned about the relationship between big business and big government in this country. i think the occupy wall street crowd is concerned about that, and the tea party, that is something they share in common. that is something that hurts citizens. that is something you could see us look into further. host: potomac, ore., adeline, you are on with james o'keefe. caller: i want to congratulate you on your good work. you fill a void in media, and it is not surprising they go after you. good luck in the future, and keep on keeping on, because you are doing something
the essence of npr. when i saw acorn busting down the doors of foreclosed homes illegally, that needs to be exposed. there is a media willingness to cover up for that. how'd you get around the media? how'd you get the truth out there despite these? as time goes on you will see as investigate a plethora, why- ranging spectrum -- wide- ranging spectrum of non- conservative, not liberal organizations? host: on what topics, specifically? guest: i am concerned about the relationship between big...
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nevertheless, both schiller and npr's ceo resigned from their positions. republicans are using the incident apparently to renew their efforts to cut npr's federal funding. >>> santorum delirium? once again he's proving why he's not a serious candidate for president. here he is yesterday outlining his strategy on libya. >> ronald reagan bombed libya. >> yes, and tried to take him out. >> right. if you want to be reaganesque, it seems like the path is clear. >> anyone that says the path for us is clear in libya has forgotten the mistake in iraq, the well intention eed intervention in somalia. >>> if you're a democrat in congress, not to the senator from west virginia. when asked if he would support the president's reelection, he hedged. quote, whoever is the president, i support. that's my president. democrat, republican, george bush, and every american should take that approach. when pressed against, manchin deflected again. saying i support this country, whoever the president is, that's who i support. i wonder why he doesn't said he at least hopes to vote
nevertheless, both schiller and npr's ceo resigned from their positions. republicans are using the incident apparently to renew their efforts to cut npr's federal funding. >>> santorum delirium? once again he's proving why he's not a serious candidate for president. here he is yesterday outlining his strategy on libya. >> ronald reagan bombed libya. >> yes, and tried to take him out. >> right. if you want to be reaganesque, it seems like the path is clear. >>...
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basically anything that any listener to npr liked. >> that's right. >> the united nations renovation. everything. but the real guts of it, though, were the program cuts in the basic programs, health and human services, money for the poor. money for the whole social infrastructure that the federal government helps support because they are only dealing with six or seven months in the year these are really sharp cuts in all these basic programs. they didn't really debate that, but that's the core of what's .haing, or what would happen here. >> they also went for some nancy pelosi favorites, too. things with her name all over them. this is sort of a, your old man stuff. this whole fight what do you think about this fight and you being in d.c. all the time and covering it for the post. is this a fight that the republicans are almost guaranteed to lose because in the end they are the ones shutting the door on the government? >> you mean if there's actually a government shutdown. i'm not sure there's any guarantee on who wins and who loses. it's not written that this has to work out exactly
basically anything that any listener to npr liked. >> that's right. >> the united nations renovation. everything. but the real guts of it, though, were the program cuts in the basic programs, health and human services, money for the poor. money for the whole social infrastructure that the federal government helps support because they are only dealing with six or seven months in the year these are really sharp cuts in all these basic programs. they didn't really debate that, but...
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this on top of npr and pbs. good idea? liz is an author of journalist and fox news contributor who joins us every sunday at this time with a commentary. good morning liz. >> good morning, eric. this is about bowl jerry running amuck again. lee bollinger, the drastic call leftist academic who heads columbia university who was the same man who in 2007 i brought you invitation and the person of mahmoud ahmadinejad, the president of iran. and, of course, known to everybody as a great hater of jews. so he invites him to columbia university, which caused an uproar, high jewish population of students at columbia university but, nevertheless, he was getting press sod bowl jerry proceeded and then once he got him there he insulted him which even made better copy for him. so bollinger is not shy about seeking publicity. now, his latest try is about getting a sort of b.b.c. for american. a totally government-funded news service for america. bad idea. he says it's a good idea. let me give you an example. he wrote about this in the col
this on top of npr and pbs. good idea? liz is an author of journalist and fox news contributor who joins us every sunday at this time with a commentary. good morning liz. >> good morning, eric. this is about bowl jerry running amuck again. lee bollinger, the drastic call leftist academic who heads columbia university who was the same man who in 2007 i brought you invitation and the person of mahmoud ahmadinejad, the president of iran. and, of course, known to everybody as a great hater of...
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and we had done a week with an npr media reporter that is a collection of essays by in different contributors writing about media, again, taking this subject onthe film's limitations. .. >> we also have exerts from his own book. including his wonderful and more of the speaks and essays and things he's written over the year. we think he gives an incredible portrait of both in his own words and reflections on the career. >> we've been talking with susan weinberg. publishers of public affairs books. publicaffairsbooks.com is the web site. >> you are here because you know jim rogan and you admire what he's done and you know something about his book. if you want to do early background, you have to read the book "rough edges." which i think many of you know. it's about his life from welfare to washington. and it's fascinateing because he has incured a tough like which he all of the sudden said this isn't for me and picked himself up and dusted himself off and went on ton very successful in public service. he's a good friend of ours. he first met richard nixon because he had an obsession with presid
and we had done a week with an npr media reporter that is a collection of essays by in different contributors writing about media, again, taking this subject onthe film's limitations. .. >> we also have exerts from his own book. including his wonderful and more of the speaks and essays and things he's written over the year. we think he gives an incredible portrait of both in his own words and reflections on the career. >> we've been talking with susan weinberg. publishers of public...
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since then there's been additional coverage from the guardian, los angeles times, npr's onboard as well. bloomsbury increased their print run by another 50,000 copies, and it's taken a while. i think it's more of a slow build in large part because it deals with hurricane katrina, and so it's a very tough subject. but i think those who have the staying power will find that it's a very rewarding read. truth be told, i think that the national book award win withers are perhaps a little more off the beaten track than you may find with the pulitzers. i do know that when nicky finney won for poetry, she gave such a tremendously enfiring speech -- inspiring speech, i think many in the crowd wanted to just stand up and cheer for her. it was with such passion and such fire that i think it really caused people to go, you know, who is this woman, and i should be reading more of her poetry. with stephen greenblatt, you know, he's dealing with a big subject as well, the very concept of modernity. so it's good that the national book awards recognize this. >> and booktv covered the national book award
since then there's been additional coverage from the guardian, los angeles times, npr's onboard as well. bloomsbury increased their print run by another 50,000 copies, and it's taken a while. i think it's more of a slow build in large part because it deals with hurricane katrina, and so it's a very tough subject. but i think those who have the staying power will find that it's a very rewarding read. truth be told, i think that the national book award win withers are perhaps a little more off...
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. >>> the president of npr has stepped down. chief executive vivian schiller was asked to resign after another executive called the tea party racist. she stepped down one day after a conservative activist posted this video. >>> he was nicknamed the dean of the washington press corps and regards as one of the best in the business. "washington post" columnist david broder has died. he covered every presidential campaign since 1960. he was a fix tour on the sunday morning talk shows. david broder died yesterday of come indications from diabetes. he was 81 years old. >>> a lot more coming up. a man falls on a subway track as the train was approaching. what would you do if this happened. we'll show you what some bystanders did. >>> the runny runny -- rainy weather will be around for quite some time. tucker will be with us in just a few minutes. what -- with the money you invest in clothes, why risk they'll end up faded or stretched ? try woolite. woolite isn't just for your delicates. it's for all your clothes. with woolite complete
. >>> the president of npr has stepped down. chief executive vivian schiller was asked to resign after another executive called the tea party racist. she stepped down one day after a conservative activist posted this video. >>> he was nicknamed the dean of the washington press corps and regards as one of the best in the business. "washington post" columnist david broder has died. he covered every presidential campaign since 1960. he was a fix tour on the sunday...
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they bent the rules on the npr vote. they bent the rules on the budget vote. and now they won't do it for the troops because it would probably go into the record that president obama was the commander in chief. and, you know, conservatives are not the only ones who need an attitude adjustment on bin laden's death. some liberals are upset that bin laden got a bullet in the head instead of a trial. the president thinks they need their head examined. >> justice was done. and i think that anyone who would question that the perpetrator of mass murder on american soil didn't deserve what he got needs to have their head examined. >> what a great sound bite. now, from time to time, liberals, you know, we end up in the locker room going at it. you know, we got to duke it out this time. i'm going to duke it out a little bit with michael moore. he thinks america has lost part of its soul? >> what i'm saying is they didn't kill him because there was some kind of firefight or something going on. they went with the intention to kill him. that is an execution or assassinatio
they bent the rules on the npr vote. they bent the rules on the budget vote. and now they won't do it for the troops because it would probably go into the record that president obama was the commander in chief. and, you know, conservatives are not the only ones who need an attitude adjustment on bin laden's death. some liberals are upset that bin laden got a bullet in the head instead of a trial. the president thinks they need their head examined. >> justice was done. and i think that...
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since then there's been additional coverage from the guardian, "the los angeles times," the npr is on board as well. the increased their print run by another 50,000 copies, and it's taken a while. i think it is more the slow build in large part because it deals with hurricane katrina so it was a very tough subject. but i think that those who have the staying power will find that it is a very rewarding read. truth be told, i think that the national book award winners are a little more offbeat than what you might find with the pulitzer's or the national book critics leader ron. i do know that when mckeithen won for poetry in head off and split she gave a tremendously inspiring speech. i think many in the crowd probably wanted to stand up and cheer for her. such passion and fire that i think it really caused people to go who is this woman and i should be reading more for poetry. with steven he's dealing with a big subject as well and the concept of modernity, it's good that the national book award judges recognize this and this will undoubtedly boost his profile as well. >> host: book tv
since then there's been additional coverage from the guardian, "the los angeles times," the npr is on board as well. the increased their print run by another 50,000 copies, and it's taken a while. i think it is more the slow build in large part because it deals with hurricane katrina so it was a very tough subject. but i think that those who have the staying power will find that it is a very rewarding read. truth be told, i think that the national book award winners are a little more...
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>> well, npr is doing great. and all you have to do to know that is to turn on and hear nbc, listen to wamu and the npr reporting. our journalism has not missed a beat. the issues ha -- have been on the management side of things and we have, you know, we've learned from what we've gone through. i think we're a little bit more disciplined about our processes now but most importantly we have gotten the management out of the limelight and put our journalism back in the limelight where it should be. dick is here, mark expense is here somewhere, they are two of the team of people who pretty much sacrificed their easter weekend to produce the incredible story on the guantanamo bay detainees that we heard yesterday morning. you know, i heard part of jackie leiden's six-part series on prostitution in nashville, when you see what we're doing in north africa, in japan, the reporting is incredible and anything but timid. we do have careful editorial process. you know, from the beginning, people chaled each other, they chall
>> well, npr is doing great. and all you have to do to know that is to turn on and hear nbc, listen to wamu and the npr reporting. our journalism has not missed a beat. the issues ha -- have been on the management side of things and we have, you know, we've learned from what we've gone through. i think we're a little bit more disciplined about our processes now but most importantly we have gotten the management out of the limelight and put our journalism back in the limelight where it...
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talking that npr and some of the challenges that npr has had in the past year about putting a spotlight on funding being an issue and whether or not there was an agenda-driven news room, how has that affected you? >> obviously, that was all over the news. the idea in traditional newsrooms is that there is a fire wall. i think that is what we're getting to. in the traditional news room, journalists, as soon as you get tired, you sign that code of ethics and you were supposed to abide by that. obviously, that does not happen all the time. a lot of people brought up some issues about a project we just launched, state impact, where we're trying to put to reporters in each state, two did reporters in each state to report on state politics. people were wondering where that may came from. it came from george soros. so it got some attacks on that part. but there is a well-defined fire wall in the newsroom. you tell your public you have to trust us on this. and i think that is what news organizations have done all along. in my experience, fire wall is certainly there. >> fox news has a pretty tr
talking that npr and some of the challenges that npr has had in the past year about putting a spotlight on funding being an issue and whether or not there was an agenda-driven news room, how has that affected you? >> obviously, that was all over the news. the idea in traditional newsrooms is that there is a fire wall. i think that is what we're getting to. in the traditional news room, journalists, as soon as you get tired, you sign that code of ethics and you were supposed to abide by...
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and news hour and npr have come together on frodges, frontline and npr have come together on projects, actually with other organizations like pro publica. so npr has very deep reporting capabilities that we do not have on the public television side and will never have on the public television side. it makes sno sense for us to try to construct a system like that. it makes more expense -- sense more -- for us to try to work together and leverage the assets of both organizations. on lipe is where everything comes together and where a lot of partnerships have taken place. but again, the way that we're a little different than nhk, and i want to commend nhk for doing such extraordinary coverage not only in japan but to the rest of the world over what has happened in your country over the last month, the journalism from nhk makes us all proud to be a partner of yours in the whole public media world. i think that we're also doing partnerships with you. i think there is lots of really great opportunities. frontline did a piece about a month ago called postmortem on the coroner/medical examine
and news hour and npr have come together on frodges, frontline and npr have come together on projects, actually with other organizations like pro publica. so npr has very deep reporting capabilities that we do not have on the public television side and will never have on the public television side. it makes sno sense for us to try to construct a system like that. it makes more expense -- sense more -- for us to try to work together and leverage the assets of both organizations. on lipe is where...
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since then there have been additional coverage of the guardian, "the los angeles times" and i believe npr is on board as well. they increase their print run by another 50,000 copies and it has taken a while. i think it is more of a slow build in large part because it deals with hurricane katrina and so it's a very tough subject, but i think that those who have the staying power will find it a very rewarding read. truth be told, i think that the national book award winners are perhaps a little more off the beaten track then once you might find with the pulitzers or even the national book critics circle aboard later on. i do know that when nikki finney one for poetry, she gave such tremendously inspiring speech. i think many in the crowd felt that they wanted to just stand up and cheer for her. it with such passion and such fire that i think it really you know cause people to go well, who is this woman and i should be reading more for poetry. with stephen greenblatt, he is dealing with a big subject with the very concept of modernity so it is good for national book award judges recognize th
since then there have been additional coverage of the guardian, "the los angeles times" and i believe npr is on board as well. they increase their print run by another 50,000 copies and it has taken a while. i think it is more of a slow build in large part because it deals with hurricane katrina and so it's a very tough subject, but i think that those who have the staying power will find it a very rewarding read. truth be told, i think that the national book award winners are perhaps...
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as reported by npr, occupyparty.org was registered as a website this sunday using a post office box in brisbane, australia, which is not the heart of the occupy wall street protests. the site seems poised to place well on internet searches for people looking for information about occupy wall street or people looking for newt gingrich's fake adoring crowd. what ever happened to those guys? the interview tonight about occupy wall street and many other issues is with the great lawrence luswig. [ male announcer ] cranberry juice? wake up! ♪ that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm [ male announcer ] for half the calories -- plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. ♪ apply fixodent once, and it holds all day. ♪ take the fixodent 12 hour hold challenge. guaranteed, or your money back. ♪ >>> one thing we've been very clear on in iowa is we plan to be first in the nation if our first of the nation caucuses. >> the iowa republican party settled on a tentative date for their first in the nation caucuses. january 3rd, the date party officials agreed to which means the process of voting fo
as reported by npr, occupyparty.org was registered as a website this sunday using a post office box in brisbane, australia, which is not the heart of the occupy wall street protests. the site seems poised to place well on internet searches for people looking for information about occupy wall street or people looking for newt gingrich's fake adoring crowd. what ever happened to those guys? the interview tonight about occupy wall street and many other issues is with the great lawrence luswig. [...
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agree, i would have liked to see the house of representatives dealing with this rather than defunding npr last week, but i don't think the president had a lot of other options. and also, there have to be values that guide when we get involved in military engagements and i think the president articulated them perfectly tonight. >> the president said some nations may be able to turn a blind eye to atrocities in our countries, the united states of america is different and as president i refuse to wait for the images of slaughter and mass graves before taking action. >> wel shid. ge he said iraq had weapons of mass destruction. so here we are, $3 trillion later for the long term cost of the war, deaths of thousands of troops, deaths to millions of iraqis, civilians died as a result of the conflict, and we've got to be careful about slipping into these wars, and not even to get into the issue for too long of can we afford it, can we trash our domestic agenda when the pentagon is already taking over 50% of discretionary spending of the united states and we are paying 25% of the bill for nato? a
agree, i would have liked to see the house of representatives dealing with this rather than defunding npr last week, but i don't think the president had a lot of other options. and also, there have to be values that guide when we get involved in military engagements and i think the president articulated them perfectly tonight. >> the president said some nations may be able to turn a blind eye to atrocities in our countries, the united states of america is different and as president i...
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you can't fix the deficit or the national debt by killing npr or national endowment for the humanities or the arts. nice political chatter, but that doesn't do it, and i'm very put off when people just say let's go back and freeze to the level two years ago. don't tell me you're going to freeze to a level. two years ago. that usually is a very inefficient way of doing it. tell me what you're going to cut, and nobody up there yet is being very, very candid about what they are going to cut to fix this problem. >> we are entering a presidential campaign season. do you see anyone currently in the republican field that would prompt you to vote republican in 2012 and not vote for the re-election of barack obama, anybody interest you in the republican field? >> i will always vote as i have throughout my life, for the person that i think is best qualified to be president of the united states, and i don't adhere to a single party line. i'm not committed to barack obama. i'm not committed to a republican candidate. i will see who emerges. right now i don't see on the republican side any one indi
you can't fix the deficit or the national debt by killing npr or national endowment for the humanities or the arts. nice political chatter, but that doesn't do it, and i'm very put off when people just say let's go back and freeze to the level two years ago. don't tell me you're going to freeze to a level. two years ago. that usually is a very inefficient way of doing it. tell me what you're going to cut, and nobody up there yet is being very, very candid about what they are going to cut to fix...
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free enterprise has to campaign out of rickperry.org, like he is branch of npr or something, and today the washington post reports on other rick perry domain names that he apparently does not own including stick it to rick.com and bury perry.com. americans against perry.com. christians 4 perry.com and not to be confused with evangelicals for perry.com, and christians for perry.com, and that is to rick perry not.com, and also how he is not a conservative because he developed a gestapo police, and it is signed by a guy who describes himself as a dog breeder. and it is hard to know whether the dog breeder guy is the guy running it. and they know that they, the campaign did not buy these sites, and the same for mitt romney's team and barack obama's team. and they are proud to say they own this site though, which mitt.com where you can take a change on the ever-changing positions of mitt romney. the internet is supposed to be late bit fun at least this part of it. you can see why a band named tea party would want to get out its own domain name here, and it is $1 million here, and yeah, you
free enterprise has to campaign out of rickperry.org, like he is branch of npr or something, and today the washington post reports on other rick perry domain names that he apparently does not own including stick it to rick.com and bury perry.com. americans against perry.com. christians 4 perry.com and not to be confused with evangelicals for perry.com, and christians for perry.com, and that is to rick perry not.com, and also how he is not a conservative because he developed a gestapo police,...
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this, as we were discussing a moment ago republicans in the house were able to pass the bill defunding npr. i know from watching conservatives in the rest of the country, some were disappointed that republicans did that separately and didn't included as part of the budget. they thought they were not released pending up and challenging democrats in the senate and doing it separately was a way out. just to give you the mindset of some in the republican base outside of washington, that's where this planned parenthood is wrapped up in, but it is not happening. they will get their money because harry reid, chuck schumer, president obama are not going to allow this to happen. >> thank you very much for being part of "newsmakers." [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> i am a numbers guy. >> as a visual op-ed columnist for the "new york times" charles blow uses charts and graphs. >> i don't aside and going to talk about a subject and then go look for data. i search
this, as we were discussing a moment ago republicans in the house were able to pass the bill defunding npr. i know from watching conservatives in the rest of the country, some were disappointed that republicans did that separately and didn't included as part of the budget. they thought they were not released pending up and challenging democrats in the senate and doing it separately was a way out. just to give you the mindset of some in the republican base outside of washington, that's where...
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. >> how about npr? >> it won't affect anybody. it will come ouft president's teleprompter budget or whatever. they'll try to make it seem so inconsequential. >> will they go for the debate or will they say we did our cuts last time? >> i think they may be forced to go for it. >> will they break and run, john? all you need on the senate side is about four to pop saying i'm not taking that hit. ben nelson, i'm running for reelection in nebraska, i'm not going to be the guy that held out against any cuts in the federal government. >> that's right. a huge portion of the 123459 democrats are up for re-election this piem. republicans are hoping to throw the hot potato to harry reid while he has his hands tied for democrats who are going to want to vote for spending cuts. there's no question about it. they're going to want to be able to go home. that's one of the reasons this is different from 1995. the public opinion on spending cuts on deficits is different right now than it was back then. >> you're with gene robinson on that. he's a l
. >> how about npr? >> it won't affect anybody. it will come ouft president's teleprompter budget or whatever. they'll try to make it seem so inconsequential. >> will they go for the debate or will they say we did our cuts last time? >> i think they may be forced to go for it. >> will they break and run, john? all you need on the senate side is about four to pop saying i'm not taking that hit. ben nelson, i'm running for reelection in nebraska, i'm not going to be...
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. >> she is also on npr's "wait, wait, don't tell me." her voice is -- >> all right. >> people do not know that. mary matalin is a political consultant doing work with the republican party. she has been an assistant to george w. bush and vice- president dick cheney. i bet she has stories to tell. she has appeared in various documents -- documentaries and movies along with her husband, james carville. the political analyst for the fox news channel, on the talk radio network. he is also a stand-up comedian, and on the cartoon network series called -- he is the voice of stormy. >> now you are impressed, right? >> is it possible to just give a quick -- >> it is like me but a lot louder. it is like me after drinking. >> this is a great topic. we hope to have time for different questions. let me throw out this to all of you. if you want to get the details outside of where you -- who view -- or do you get opinions that you trust? >> i will start because i am at the end. i have npr on all the time, so that is sort of natural. yeah, i know. hey, w
. >> she is also on npr's "wait, wait, don't tell me." her voice is -- >> all right. >> people do not know that. mary matalin is a political consultant doing work with the republican party. she has been an assistant to george w. bush and vice- president dick cheney. i bet she has stories to tell. she has appeared in various documents -- documentaries and movies along with her husband, james carville. the political analyst for the fox news channel, on the talk radio...